Tissue Holder

Mother's Day Crafts



   This tissue holder is made from a piece of felt. It is meant to hold tissues in your purse or backpack. It will hold a travel size tissue pack or you can fold up tissues yourself to store inside of it. This is an easy craft, but it does require some sewing. This makes it a good craft project for a child or adult who is just learning to sew. This travel pack also makes a perfect Mother's Day gift or birthday gift! With all the different patterns of felt available, you can get really creative with the end result!

felt tissue holders





Things Needed:

  • A piece of felt
  • Embroidery floss and needle
  • Scrap pieces of felt and buttons for embellishments (optional)
  • Pinking shears


    1. Begin by cutting out a rectangle of felt to fit your travel size tissues, using pinking shears. A 6 X 7 inch rectangle works for the most common size of tissues, and is what I used for this project.

      tissue on feltpinked edge


2. Fold each long edge of the felt over the tissue pack, as if you are wrapping a present. Make sure the felt fits and overlaps only slightly. If it overlaps too much, do some trimming. Then remove the tissues, and get ready to sew. Divide the embroidery floss to two or three threads in thickness, then begin to sew the short edges together. Be sure to hide the knot in the inside of the holder.

beginning to sew




3. Sew a simple basting stitch, trying your best to keep all the stitches even. Sew along each short edge. There is no need to sew across the middle where the edges meet, because you need some room to put the tissues in.

    sewingfinished sewing


4. Next you can add on any felt embellishments you choose. Here I cut a flower shape out of a contrasting color of felt, added a button, and sewed it to the tissue holder. You may want to try embroidering a name on the felt.

    felt flowerthreading button

tissue holder



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